Bed attachment.



No.800,8 80. PATENTED OCT. 3, 1905. A. E. SAXTON & J. A. LOGKMAN. BED ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG- 3. 1904.

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ABIGAIL E. SAXTON AND JULIA A. LOCKMAN, OF TRAVERSE CITY,

7 MICHIGAN.

BED ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1'0 a6] 10/1/0127, it may concern:

Be it known that we, ABIGAIL E. SAx'roN and JULIA A. LOOK'MAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Traverse City, in the county of Grand Traverse, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed Attachments; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to beds, and more particularly to attachments therefor, and has for its object to provide an attachment which may be disposed upon a bed and by means of which the occupant of the bed may be lifted to permit of changing of the bedclothin-g.

A further object is to provide an attach ment so arranged that a portion thereof may be moved into position to support the occupant of the bed in a sitting or semireclining posture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, and it will be understood that modifications of the specific construction shown may be made and any suitable materials may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in both views, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section. Fig. 2 is an end view.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises two sills 5, having hooks 6 at their ends for engagement with the side rails of a bed, and extending upwardly from the centers of the sills are uprights 7 and 8, which are connected at their tops by a brace 9.

Formed through the uprights 7 and 8 are alining openings 7 and 8', in which are journaled the ends of a shaft 10, having rings 11 adjacent to its ends, to which are secured cables 12 intermediate of their ends.

The end portions of the cables are engaged with double blocks 13, which depend from the brace 9 and are secured at their free ends to the corners of a frame 14, having a covering 15 of suitable fabric.

The frame 1 1 is provided with a supple mental frame 15, which is hinged thereto adjacent to one end and which is movable upon its hinges to lie upon the frame 14: or to extend upwardly at an angle therefrom, it being provided with hinged braces 16 to hold it in the last-named position. As shown, the covering of fabric 15 extends over and is se- Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

cured to the frame 15, and it will be readily understood that when the frame 15 is extend ing upwardly, as described above, it forms a back-rest for the occupant of the bed when the latter is lying upon the fabric 15.

The shaft 10 extends outwardly beyond the upright 8 and is provided with a handle 17 by means of which it may be revolved to wind the cables 12 thereon to raise the frame 14:, and to prevent the cables from being unwound from the shaft by the weight of the frame the shaft is provided with a ratchet-Wheel 16, which is disposed for engagement by a dog 18, pivoted to the upright 8, though this dog may be moved out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel to permit the frame to descend.

The hooks 6 are engaged with the side rails of a bed, the uprights 7 and 8 lying at either end thereof and with the shaft 10 and the brace 9 extending longitudinally of the bed.

The cables are now unwound from the shaft.

and the frame is moved to one side of the bed, so that the occupant thereof may be easily lifted upon the frame, after which the shaft is operated to wind the cables thereon and to raise the frame, which is lifted a sufiieient' distance above the bed to permit of changing the bedclothing.

If desired, the attachment may be allowed to remain upon the bed and the occupant thereof may be supported in a sitting or semireclining position, as described above, by means of a supplemental frame 15.

It will of course be understood that the present attachment is designed for use on beds occupied by invalids who would otherwise be very difiicult to move when desired.

What is claimed is- In an attachment for beds, the combination with spaced sills, of hooks carried by the ends of the sills and adapted for engagement with the side rails of a bed, uprights secured to the sills intermediate of the ends of the latter and lying parallel with each other, a brace secured at its ends to the upper ends of the uprights, said uprights having alining bearings therein below the brace, pulleys secured to and depending from the brace, a shaft journaled in the bearings and lying below the pulleys, cables engaged with the pulleys and connected with the shaft to be wound thereon when the shaft is revolved, a stretcher connected wlth the cables and adapted to be raised and lowered through roof the stretcher, and an operating-handle eonneeted with the shaft.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures tation of the shaft, a ratchet-wheel mounted K in presence of two witnesses.

5 upon the shaft adjacent to one of the uprights,

a dog pivoted to the adjacent upright and movable into and out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel, said dog when in engagement \Vitnesses:

with the ratchet-wheel being arranged to pre- S. M. BROWN,

10 vent rotation of the shaft under the weight F. P. luARVINe ABIGAIL E. SAXTON. JULIA A. LOCKMAN. 

